Winter Nexus (2023)
Winter Nexus is an event held from 5 December 2023 to 4 January 2024 (downtime to downtime) and includes Volatile Ice Storms which feature Wightstorm Sites, Login Campaign, the Winter Nexus Agency Challenge, the Yoiul Chilling Spree, and Yoiul Festival-themed Abyssal Proving Grounds.
Login campaign
Capsuleers must log in daily for 30 days from 05 December 2023 onwards to collect all rewards. A total of 125k Skill Points are available to 
Alpha clone accounts, while 
Omega clone accounts have access to an additional 525k skill points and 26,500 EverMarks. The big reward is on day 23, so even if you do not manage to log in for all 30 days, as long as you manage those 23 days you will only miss out on some Boosters and Ice Storm Filaments.
| Day | For Alpha Accounts | Additional for Omega |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yoiul's Ascent Firework Crate (Tier 1 Gift) |
 50,000 Skill Points (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 2 |  DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 1 Gift) |
 Ice Storm Filaments Crate (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 3 |  Tormentor Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift) |
Merlin Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 4 |  Winter Nexus Expert System (Tier 1 Gift) |
 Wightstorm Manasikara Booster III (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 5 |  Yoiul Festival Snowbal Crate |
Algos Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 6 | Incursus Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift) |
 4,000 EverMarks (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 7 |  10,000 Skill Points (Tier 2 Gift) |
 100,000 Skill Points (Tier 4 Gift)
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| 8 |  Wightstorm Nirvana Booster II (Tier 1 Gift) |
Kikimora Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 9 | Vigil Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift) |
 Wightstorm Sunyata Booster III (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 10 |  Wightstorm Manasikara Booster II (Tier 1 Gift) |
Arbitrator Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 11 | Harpy Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift) |
Ice Storm Filaments Crate (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 12 | Wightstorm Rapture Booster II (Tier 2 Gift) |
Rook Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 13 | Pontifex Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift) |
7,500 EverMarks (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 14 |  Wightstorm Cetana Booster II (Tier 1 Gift) |
Rapier Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 15 | 15,000 Skill Points (Tier 2 Gift) |
 125,000 Skill Points (Tier 4 Gift)
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| 16 |  VXN-01N Nullsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 1 Gift) |
Wightstorm Vitarka Booster III (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 17 | Stork Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift) |
Barghest Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 18 | Wightstorm Sunyata Booster III (Tier 2 Gift) |
Ice Storm Filaments Crate (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 19 | Bellicose Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift) |
Chimera Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 20 |  25,000 Skill Points (Tier 2 Gift) |
15,000 EverMarks (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 21 | Lachesis Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift) |
Nidhoggur Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 22 | Ice Storm Filaments Crate (Tier 2 Gift) |
 Wightstorm Rapture Booster IV (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 23 | 75,000 Skill Points (Tier 3 Gift) |
 250,000 Skill Points (Tier 4 Gift)
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| 24 | Wightstorm Manasikara Booster III (Tier 2 Gift) |
 DNCR-05H Highsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 1 Gift)
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| 25 |  BLTZN-05L Lowsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 1 Gift) |
 Wightstorm Vitarka Booster IV (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 26 |  Wightstorm Nirvana Booster III (Tier 2 Gift) |
CMT-05N Nullsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 1 Gift)
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| 27 | PRNCR-10H Highsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 1 Gift) |
 Wightstorm Cetana Booster IV (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 28 | Wightstorm Vitarka Booster III (Tier 2 Gift) |
DNNR-01L Lowsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 1 Gift)
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| 29 | VXN-01N Nullsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 1 Gift) |
Wightstorm Manasikara Booster IV (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 30 | Wightstorm Sunyata Booster III (Tier 2 Gift) |
DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 1 Gift)
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Agency campaign
| Category | Task Name | Description | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combat Challenges | |||
| Combat introduction 1/3 | Burst through the gate | Enter a Wightstorm Forward Base, Muster Point, or Transit Site located in a Volatile Ice Storm in high-security, low-security, or null-security space. You will need a Tech II fit battleship (or equivalent) for the fight ahead. |  10 points
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| Combat introduction 2/3 | Battle the Nation | Destroy 5 Sansha's Nation NPCs while in a Wightstorm Forward Base, Muster Point or Transit Site. | 20 points
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| Exploration Challenges | |||
| Exploration introduction 1/3 | Slip through the back door | Enter a Wightstorm Comms Relay, Strategic Node or Crypto Facility site located in a Volatile Ice Storm in high-security, low-security or null-security space. You will need a data analyzer module and a probe scanner for the task ahead. | 10 points
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| Exploration introduction 2/3 | Open the data packets | Hack into a Communication Relay, Strategic Node or a Cryptographic Array and see what hides inside. | 20 points
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| Exploration introduction 3/3 | A few more would not hurt | Keep finding and opening Wightstorm Communication Relays, Strategic Nodes and Cryptographic Arrays. Riches await! (Hack 2 event exploration cans.) |
25 points
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| Exploration challenge 1/3 (repeatable) |
Infiltration | Find a Wightstorm Comms Relay, Strategic Node or Crypto Facility located in the Volatile Ice Storms. Bring a data analyzer, a probe scanner and prepare to open some presents. | 5 points
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| Exploration challenge 2/3 (repeatable) |
They didn't need it anyway! | Hack into a Communication Relay, Strategic Node, or a Cryptographic Array, and retrieve any valuables hidden inside. | 10 points
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| Exploration challenge 3/3 (repeatable) |
A few more would not hurt | Keep finding and opening Wightstorm Communication Relays, Strategic Nodes and Cryptographic Arrays. Riches await! (Hack 2 event exploration cans.) |
15 points
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| Mining Challenges | |||
| Mining introduction 1/3 | Into the eye of the storm | Enter a Fading Volatile Ice Field, Fresh Volatile Ice Field, or Friable Volatile Ice Field located in a Volatile Ice Storm in high-security, low-security, or null-security space. You will need ice harvesting equipment for the task ahead | 10 points
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| Mining introduction 2/3 | This is not a drill! | Harvest 7 Faded Volatile Ice, Fresh Volatile Ice, or Friable Volatile Ice from a Fading Volatile Ice Field, Fresh Volatile Ice Field, or Friable Volatile Ice Field | 20 points
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| Mining introduction 3/3 | Frozen chunks of space gas | While frozen volatiles may look worthless to you, ORE are rewarding those who provide them with Faded Volatile Ice, Fresh Volatile Ice, or Friable Volatile Ice. Visit an ORE Volatile Ice Processor accepting the correct form of Volatile Ice to exchange the ice you have mined for rewards. | 25 points
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| Mining challenge 1/3 (repeatable) |
Ice Carving | Find a Fading Volatile Ice Field, Fresh Volatile Ice Field, or Friable Volatile Ice Field located in a Volatile Ice Storm. Bring an ice harvester and be ready to harvest | 5 points
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| Mining challenge 2/3 (repeatable) |
Volatiles Galore | Harvest 7 Faded Volatile Ice, Fresh Volatile Ice, or Friable Volatile Ice from a Fading Volatile Ice Field, Fresh Volatile Ice Field, or Friable Volatile Ice Field | 10 points
|
| Mining challenge 3/3 (repeatable) |
Something more usable | Visit an ORE Volatile ICE Processor accepting the correct form of Volatile Ice to exchange the ice you have mined for rewards. (Do 4 ice conversions with the Orca inside the site.) |
15 points
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| Festival Challenges | |||
| Festival introduction 1/2 | Target Practice | Time to dust off your festival launchers. Test your snowball launching prowess on any NPC. | 5 points
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| Festival introduction 2/2 | Snowball fight! | Target another capsuleer and shoot them with a snowball. Snowballs do no damage and are safe to use even in highsec space. | 1x DSHR-01H 5 points
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| Snowball challenge 1/9 (repeatable) |
Void the warranty | Probe down a Wightstorm data site within an ice storm and hit the hackable tower with a snowball. | 10 points
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| Snowball challenge 2/9 (repeatable) |
Open the data packets | Hack into a Communications Relay, Strategic Node or a Cryptographic Array and see what hides inside. | 10 points
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| Snowball challenge 3/9 (repeatable) |
Snowball fight! | Target another capsuleer and shoot them with a snowball. | 1x VXN-01N 10 points
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| Snowball challenge 4/9 (repeatable) |
Ice delivery | Warp to a Volatile Ice Field within an ice storm and hit the ORE Volatile Ice Processor Orca with a snowball. Only subcapital mining and industrial ships can pass through the acceleration gate. | 10 points
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| Snowball challenge 5/9 (repeatable) |
Frozen chunks of space gas | Visit an ORE Volatile Ice Processor accepting the correct form of Volatile Ice to exchange the ice you have mined for rewards. | 10 points
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| Snowball challenge 6/9 (repeatable) |
Snowball fight! | Target another capsuleer and hit them with a snowball. | 1x DNNR-01L 10 points
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| Points | Reward |
|---|---|
| 50 | Ishkur Aurora Universalis SKIN
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| 100 | DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament
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| 150 | Dragoon Aurora Universalis SKIN
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| 200 |  Wightstorm Sunyata Booster II
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| 250 | VXN-01N Nullsec Ice Storm Filament
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| 300 | Talwar Aurora Universalis SKIN
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| 350 | Magus Aurora Universalis SKIN
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| 400 | DNNR-01L Lowsec Ice Storm Filament
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| 450 | Blackbird Aurora Universalis SKIN
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| 500 | Wightstorm Nirvana Booster III
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| 550 | Ice Storm Filaments Crate
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| 600 | Arazu Aurora Universalis SKIN
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| 650 | Ice Storm Filaments Crate
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| 700 | Huginn Aurora Universalis SKIN
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| 750 |  Wightstorm Cetana Booster III
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| 800 | Ice Storm Filaments Crate
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| 850 | Nestor Aurora Universalis SKIN
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| 900 | Thanatos Aurora Universalis SKIN
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Volatile Ice Storm
Volatile Ice Storms have begun to appear across highsec, lowsec, and nullsec space. These ice storms spread out across the stargate network two jumps from a central system, and occasionally move from system to system just like metaliminal storms. These storms provide bonuses to ship thermal resistances and module overheating for all capsuleers flying within them.
Sansha's Nation and Outer Ring Excavations have both mobilized to take advantage of the novel forms of stellar ice found within these storms.
Ice Storm Filaments
Ice Storm Filaments transport capsuleers to a System affected by the Volatile Ice Storm.
| Area / Ship Count | 1 | 5 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highsec |
DSHR-01H | DNCR-05H | PRNCR-10H |
| Lowsec |
DNNR-01L | BLTZN-05L | RDLF-10L |
| Nullsec |
VXN-01N | CMT-05N | CPD-10N |
Combat anomalies
Wightstorm combat anomalies have begun appearing within the Volatile Ice Storms. These sites are full of hostile Sansha's nation vessels, and CONCORD advises capsuleers to bring a battlecruiser or better when attempting to engage with these forces.
Wightstorm Forward Base
Found within storms that originate in highsec space appears to be guarded by the weakest Sansha fleets.
- Main article: Wightstorm Forward Base
Wightstorm Muster Point
Found within storms that originate in lowsec space appears to be guarded by the strongest Sansha fleets.
- Main article: Wightstorm Muster Point
Wightstorm Transit Site
Found within storms that originate in nullsec space appears to be guarded by intermediate strength Sansha fleets.
- Main article: Wightstorm Transit Site
Hacking sites
Wightstorm data signatures can be found within Volatile Ice Storms. These Sansha's Nation data sites require scan probes and data analyzer modules.
Wightstorm Comms Relay
| Nodes | Tools Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|
  50  10
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 40 20
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 30 30
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Site is an ungated pocket with 1 can ~20km from the warp-in point.
Wightstorm Strategic Node
TBA
Wightstorm Crypto Facility
TBA
Mining sites
Volatile Ice Field anomalies can also be discovered within Volatile Ice Storms. These fields of newly discovered stellar ice have recently been captured by ORE and Mordu's Legion forces who have driven away the Sansha harvesting fleets. These ice fields can be accessed through a special ORE-commandeered acceleration gate that only allows medium and small mining and hauling ships to enter (Expedition Frigates, Mining Barges, Exhumers, Haulers, Blockade Runners, Deep Space Transports, and the Porpoise).
The volatile ice found within these fields cannot be reprocessed by standard facilities, however Outer Ring Excavations has set up mobile ice collection operations within each of these ice fields, and is willing to trade with capsuleers who contribute to their mining operation. Capsuleers can trade seven units of volatile ice with the ORE representatives in the ice fields to receive a package of valuable salvage and items that ORE forces collected from the wrecks of Sansha ships.
Rumors suggest that other valuable Sansha salvage has frozen directly into some of the ice chunks and can be occasionally picked up along with the ice by normal mining activities.
- Peculiar Icebound Salvage
- Highsec
- Overseer Personal Effects (8th-11th tier)
- Salvaged materials
- Highsec
Fading Volatile Ice Field
- Appear in high-sec
- Contains Faded Volatile Ice which can be exchanged for ORE Green Salvage packages. The packages, like containers have a capacity that is greater then their volume. They contain:
- Overseer Personal Effects (5th-8th tier)
- Salvaged materials
- Agency Boosters (Rare)
- Asteroids respawn
- Belt rats have been spotted
- When bookmarked, can still be jumped to when disappeared from the probe scan window
Fresh Volatile Ice Field
TBA
Friable Volatile Ice Field
TBA
Special game mechanics
All of the storm systems will feature a special set of environmental effects that reduce heat damage suffered by overheating modules and increases Thermal resistance.
| Volatile Ice Storm | Overheat damage reduction |
Thermal resistances |
|---|---|---|
| Weak | 10% | 4% |
| Strong | 25% | 10% |
External links
- EVE News: Get ready for Winter Nexus 2023
- Winter Nexus is returning
- Patch Notes: Version 21.06 Release 2023-12-05.1
- EVE News: Winter Nexus is here!
